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以西結書 5

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1 人子啊,你要拿一把快刀,當作剃刀,用這刀剃你的髮和你的鬍鬚,用天平將鬚髮平分。

2 圍困城的日子滿了,你要將分之一在城中用火焚燒,將分之一在城的四圍用刀砍碎,將分之一任吹散;我也要拔刀追趕。

3 你要從其中取幾根包在衣襟裡,

4 再從這幾根中取些扔在中焚燒,從裡面必有出來燒入以色列全家。

5 耶和華如此:這就是耶路撒冷。我曾將他安置在列邦之中;列國都在他的四圍。

6 他行惡,違背我的典章,過於列國;干犯我的律例,過於四圍的列邦,因為他棄掉我的典章。至於我的律例,他並沒有遵行。

7 所以耶和華如此:因為你們紛爭過於四圍的列國,也不遵行我的律例,不謹守我的典章,並以遵從四圍列國的惡規尚不滿意,

8 所以耶和華如此:看哪,我與你反對,必在列國的眼前,在你中間,施行審判;

9 並且因你一切可憎的事,我要在你中間行我所未曾行的,以後我也不再照著行。

10 在你中間父親兒子,兒子要父親。我必向你施行審判,我必將你所剩下的分散四方(方:原文是)。

11 耶和華:我指著我的永生起誓,因你用一切可憎的物、可厭的事玷污了我的聖所,故此,我定要使你人數減少,我眼必不顧惜你,也不可憐你。

12 你的民分之一必遭瘟疫,在你中間必因饑荒消滅;分之一必在你四圍倒在刀下;我必將分之一分散四方(方:原文是),並要拔刀追趕他們。

13 我要這樣成就怒中所定的;我向他們發的忿怒止息了,自己就得著安慰。我在他們身上成就怒中所定的那時,他們就知道我─耶和華的是出於熱心;

14 並且我必使你在四圍的列國中,在經過的眾人眼前,成了荒涼和羞辱。

15 這樣,我必以怒氣和忿怒,並烈怒的責備,向你施行審判。那時,你就在四圍的列國中成為羞辱、譏刺、警戒、驚駭。這是我─耶和華的。

16 那時,我要將滅人、使人饑荒的惡,就是射去滅人的,射在你們身上,並要加增你們的饑荒,斷絕你們所倚靠的糧食;

17 又要使饑荒和惡獸到你那裡,叫你喪子,瘟疫和流血的事也必盛行在你那裡;我也要使刀臨到你。這是我─耶和華的。

   

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Jerusalem

  

Jerusalem, on Mount Zion, signifies the doctrine of love to the Lord, and how it governs your life. Jerusalem first comes to our attention in 2 Samuel 5, when King David takes the city from the Jebusites and makes it his capital. In the next chapter he brings the Ark of the Covenant there, and later it is where Solomon builds the temple, and his own palace. From then on Jerusalem is the center of worship of the Israelitish church. It is the place where the Lord was presented in the temple as a baby, where He tarried to talk to the priests at age twelve, where He cleansed the temple, had the last supper, was crucified and then rose. It is a central place in both the old and new Testaments. The city was built on Mount Zion, the highest point of the mountains of Judea. A city, in the Word, represents doctrine, the organized knowledge of the truths of the church. Mountains represent love of the Lord and the consequent worship. If you put those things together, Jerusalem on Mount Zion signifies the doctrine of love to the Lord, and how it governs your life. This is why David was led to make Jerusalem the most important city of the land, and why all worship was conducted there. And this is also why Jeroboam was condemned for introducing idol worship in Samaria. In the Book of Revelation, John's vision of the city New Jerusalem descending from God is a prophecy of a new dispensation of doctrine coming from the Lord.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 4539, 8938; The Apocalypse Explained 365 [35-38])